On 05/02/15 17:05, Spider wrote:

I suppose it depends on where Lilac finishes for you and Blue begins.

I've never thought of Lilac as being blue, to be honest, although there
is *some* blue in it.

It never ceases to amaze me how many plant/bulb/seed sellers
misleadingly describe purple/lilac/lavender flowers as "blue" - often
photoshopping images to increase the blue hue. Plant families which are
capable of producing true blue colours are very much in the minority
when compared to those that can't. Even with families capable of having
flowers of all colours, species which have blue flowers are few and far
between.

--

Jeff

On 05/02/2015 18:56, Jeff Layman wrote:
On 05/02/15 17:05, Spider wrote:

I suppose it depends on where Lilac finishes for you and Blue begins.

I've never thought of Lilac as being blue, to be honest, although there
is *some* blue in it.

It never ceases to amaze me how many plant/bulb/seed sellers
misleadingly describe purple/lilac/lavender flowers as "blue" - often
photoshopping images to increase the blue hue. Plant families which are
capable of producing true blue colours are very much in the minority
when compared to those that can't. Even with families capable of having
flowers of all colours, species which have blue flowers are few and far
between.



Well, quite. I understand perfectly that in very general garden-speak,
flower colours are often lumped together as "the reds" (anything from
pink, through scarlet to burgundy) and "the blues" (anything from murky
grey, through blue to purple), but when describing an individual bloom,
most of us - whether gardeners or not - try to describe the colour as
accurately as possible.

I love blue flowers and plant as many as I can that suit my garden and
my budget.
--
Spider.
On high ground in SE London
gardening on heavy clay